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Graphite on rice paper, 7" x 9"
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Today I experimented with using a different pencil - it's listed as HB and a lot softer than the #2 pencil I used before. I drew on the fuzzy side of the rice paper, and I found the paper accepted the HB graphite much better - with less working to lay down layers of tone. Even though the paper surface did fill in with the particles of graphite, I was able to build up darker tones than before, and I was able to create a greater range of tonal variations.
Y'know, we assume that just because it's an ordinary pencil, it will do just an ordinary job, but I can say from these results that you'll only know if you try, and experiment to see what even the most common tools will do.
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